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Curtain call   /kˈərtən kɔl/   Listen
Curtain call

noun
1.
An appearance by actors or performers at the end of the concert or play in order to acknowledge the applause of the audience.  Synonym: bow.






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... gowned, bejeweled women and well-groomed men, in fact a house such as Wood's leading lady had never before confronted! A chance for triumph or for disaster—and triumph it was! Like a rolling snowball, it grew as the play advanced. Again and again Clara Morris took a curtain call with the other actresses. Finally the stage manager said to Mr. Daly, "They want her," and Mr. Daly answered, sharply: "I know what they want, and I know what I ...
— Ten American Girls From History • Kate Dickinson Sweetser



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